Page 43 of Unrivaled Love
Sad?
What the hell did you do?
DUNCAN
You’re supposed to be pissing her off so she leaves!
Ididn’t do anything!
DUNCAN
Umm, sorry Boder.
What?
What is he sorry for? Then my phone vibrates with a text but it’s not on the chain with Crosby and Duncan.
Uh oh.
FELIX
What have you done?
I knew you idiots went rogue.
CROSBY
Hey! We were just supporting our teammate.
FELIX
Don’t text me when we’re in the same room.
CROSBY
SorryCap.
Forney, I didn’t do anything wrong. She just got really sad over an accident.
FELIX
What accident?
I wipe a hand down my face. The guys know I read because my nose is in my kindle every plane ride but they don’t knowwhatI’m reading. I shouldn’t be embarrassed by my reading choice but I also don’t know how they’ll react.
On an exhale, I type.
It turns out we’re reading the same book and I’m further along in the story than she is so she accidentally picked up my copy and read a spoiler and blamed me for moving her bookmark when I didn’t do that at all and she was actually in the wrong but instead of her getting really mad at me she got sad and started crying and then walked into the woods.
I wait as my message bounces off satellites and lands in their hands. Why I envision them all huddled together over Felix’s phone instead of reading it individually on their own device is beyond me.
Actually, I’d bet money that is exactly what’s happening.
Then the response comes. But it’s not in the group chat.
DUNCAN
Did she already knock over the tree?
